The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has named the three winners of the 12th Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition, held Saturday at the Meyerson Symphony Center.

Charles Seo, 17, a junior at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, wont first prize, including a $3,500 scholarship and the opportunity to perform at a "Get to Know the DSO" concert June 15.

Evan Ritter, 16, a student at the Suzuki Music Institute of Dallas, was awarded second prize, with a $2,500 scholarship. Third prize, with a $1,500 scholarship, went to Eleanor Dunbar, a freshman at Southern Methodist University.

Six teenage finalist were selected via recorded submissions, and each performed 20 minutes of a concerto of his or her choice at the competition on Saturday. The judges were concert cellist Lynn Harrell; Aldert Vermeulen, the DSO's director of artistic planning; and DSO associate concertmaster Emanuelle Boisvert.

The competition was established in 2001 by Harrell, who grew up partially in Dallas, when his father, baritone Mack Harrell, taught at SMU. It's open to students ages 8 to 18 from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.